Alternative names: Luzon White-eye; Philippine White-eye
- Zosterops meyeni
Identification
10.2 to 12 cm.
- Lemon-yellow forehead
- Yellowish-green crown and upperparts
- White eyering, interrupted by blackish spot at front
- Darkish loral line
- Lemon-yellow throat and upper breast
- Pale grey rest of underparts with faint yellow longitudinal streak over centre
- Pale lemon-yellow undertail-coverts
- batanis is larger, brighter yellow and has more yellow on forehead
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Northern Philippines and islands south of Taiwan.
Common in lowlands. Often used as cagebird in the Philippines.
Taxonomy
- Z. m. batanis on Lüdao (Green) and Lanyu (Orchid) Islands (southeast of Taiwan) and Batan Islands (Philippines, north of Luzon)
- Z. m. meyeni in the Philippines (Calayan, Luzon, Lubang, Verde, Marinduque, Banton, and Caluya)
Habitat
Found in forest, at forest edge, in bamboo thickets, gardens, scrub and cultivated areas.
Usually in the lowlands, replaced by Warbling White-eye above 1000 m.
Behaviour
Diet
No details known.
Forages on groups and in mixed flocks.
Breeding
Breeding season from April to August, breeding also recorded in January. The nest is placed a few metres above the ground in a small tree. Lays 3 to 4 eggs, sometimes 5.
Movements
Nothing known.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lowland White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lowland_White-eye
